Celebrations Group
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Celebrations Group was a chain of British
greeting cards stores. Most of their stores traded under the names of Cardfair and Card Warehouse.
Celebrations Group was formed in 2006 when it purchased part of the Greeting Card Group from administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers
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and employed around 1800. It had a head office in Peterborough
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Celebrations Group also fully owned the transactional website Calendar Factory.
had purchased 76 of the groups 288 as part of a rescue package securing around 500 of the 1800 jobs.
stopped trading on January 11, 2009,
with only managers and assistant managers in on January 12, 2009 to deal with official store closures. Celebrations’ transactional website Calendar Factory stopped trading just before the New Year after it had run out of stock.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
greeting cards stores. Most of their stores traded under the names of Cardfair and Card Warehouse.
Celebrations Group was formed in 2006 when it purchased part of the Greeting Card Group from administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest professional services firm measured by revenues and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms....
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The Company
The company had 288 stores across the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and employed around 1800. It had a head office in Peterborough
Peterborough
Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
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Celebrations Group also fully owned the transactional website Calendar Factory.
Administration
On October 8, 2008 Kroll Corporate Advisory & Restructuring Group (now known as Zolfo Cooper Europe) were appointed administrators of the company. The company entered administration due to cash flow difficulties.Card Factory
On November 28, 2008 it was announced that Card FactoryCard Factory
Card Factory is a chain of greeting card and gift stores in United Kingdom founded by Dean Hoyle and his wife Janet; the first store opened in 1997. The company currently employs around 4,500 people, mostly in front line positions in its stores. Their advertising claims they have not increased...
had purchased 76 of the groups 288 as part of a rescue package securing around 500 of the 1800 jobs.
Closure
The remaining 212 stores that were not purchased by Card FactoryCard Factory
Card Factory is a chain of greeting card and gift stores in United Kingdom founded by Dean Hoyle and his wife Janet; the first store opened in 1997. The company currently employs around 4,500 people, mostly in front line positions in its stores. Their advertising claims they have not increased...
stopped trading on January 11, 2009,
with only managers and assistant managers in on January 12, 2009 to deal with official store closures. Celebrations’ transactional website Calendar Factory stopped trading just before the New Year after it had run out of stock.